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A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life (Chinese and English Edition) - Softcover
Synopsis
Providing a description and analysis of Hong Kong vernacular Cantonese speech styles, notably the language of the Triad-dominated criminal underworld, of teenagers and of Hong Kong movies and comics, this reference text is arranged alphabetically in both Cantonese and English.
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From the Back Cover
"The one and only, covering everything from common colloquialisms to triad trash-talking. . . . More than an indispensable tool for anybody—reader, writer or even lawyer—who needs to understand everyday Cantonese." —Frank Dikötter, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
About the Author
Christopher Hutton studied linguistics at the University of Oxford and Columbia University in New York. He has taught Yiddish Studies at the University of Texas in Austin and general and English linguistics in Hong Kong. He is the author of The Type-token Relation in Linguistics Theory and Linguistics and the Third Reich. Kingsley Bolton is Chair Professor of English and Head of the English Department at City University of Hong Kong.
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- PublisherC Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- ISBN 10 184904662X
- ISBN 13 9781849046626
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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